Hand-bag frame



Dec. 16, 1924. 1,519,684

J. JOHANSEN HAND BAG FRAME Filed Jan. 1922 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES JENS JOHANSEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEVI JERSEY.

HAND-BAG FRAME.

Application filed January 11, 1922. Serial No. 528,493.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JnNs JoHANsnn, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Jersey City. in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bag Frames; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

It is the object of this invention to provide locking and fastening means for hand bags and the like, aarticularly the kind carried by women W ich provides for fastening of the bag and for looking it with the carrying cord or strap when the carrying cord is held by the user.

Although there are in use at the present time handbags which are adapted to be. locked by the carrying cord, none of these provides a means whereby the bag can be carried in the ordinary manner and closed by only the snap fastener or locked by the carrying cord in conjunction with the snap fastener. The fastening means provided by the present invention may comprise two devices each having a single function or, a. in the preferred form, one specially designed fastener which combines the snap and handle lock.

In accordance with the invention, a fastener is provided which consists of two ears adapted to be attached, one to each of the two bag frame jaws or to be made an integral part of the frame jaws. The ears are so shaped that one will project through an opening in the other when the bag is closed and provide an opening through which the carrying cord or strap may he slipped to lock the bag while it is being carried.

Further. portions of these two cars may be adapted to constitute spring members which act as snap fastener when the is closed or separate fastenhng means may be provided. In the preferred embodiment, the ears as a whole are adapted to constitute spring members which fasten the bag when one is passed through the other. Several forms of the device are shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 illustrates a handbag frame provided with a carrying cord and a preferred form. of the lock snap fastener as it pears when open.

Fig. 2 shows the same as Fig. 1 with the bag closed merely by a snap fastener.

F ig. shows the same as Fig. 1 but with the bag closed by a snap fastener and locked by the carrying cord.

Fig. lshows a vertical transverse section through the fastener and frame of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 shows a vertical transverse section through the fastener and frame of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 shows a vertical transverse section of the bag frame provided with. a form of fastener in which the spring device is separate from the handle locking device.

Referring now to the figures, a handbag frame. 1. of usual construction is shown with the carrying cord 2 fastened to it in a convenient manner. The locking and fastening device is shown to consist of two cars 3 and 4- each attached to separate portions of the handbag frame in such a manner that the ear 3 will pass through the opening in ear 4. Ear 3 is so shaped that in passing through the opening in ear -t it distorts the frame until the bag is completely closed. In order to facilitate this spring action. the member 3 may be provided with a hump 5 which serves to di tort the frame while the bag is being closed and hold it securely after it is closed.

The construction of this member is more clearly shown in Figures 4. and 5 which make the snap action more easily understood.

Regarding the locking action, the memher 3 is adapted to project through an opening in the member 4 and provides an opening in itself through which the carrying cord may he slipped as shown in Fig. 2. The bag in its completely locked condition is shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted that the carrying cord or strap passes through the member in uch a manner that it effectively preven s Lie member 3 from be ing withdrawn throng 1 the opening in member 4.

Another embodiment of this invention is shown in Fig. 6 which is a section similar to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5. In this embodiment a snap fastener of two parts. 10 and 11, is provided which is a part of or attached to the bag frame and serves to hold the bag closed independently of the handle locking means. The locking means consists of two members, 12 and 13, which may be constructed in a manner similar to members 3 and a of the other figures, with the exception that no hump or spring action is provided as in the other embodiment.

For ordinary purposes, a bag provided with this invention may be used in the customary manner by merely pressing together the members of the frame as shown in Fig. 2. In order to lock the bag, the cord 2 is passed up through the opening in the projected part 3 of the fastener. The cord serves as a bar to the withdrawal of member 3 through the opening in member 4: and thus prevents the bag from being surreptitiously opened. The foregoing description and accompanying drawings show the principle and operation of this means of-locking handbags. There are also shown preferred embodiments of the invention but it is not intended that these are to at all limit the spirit or scope of the invention.

I claim.

1'. In combination with a handba a frame, a carrying cord attached to said frame, means attached to said frame adapted to hold the said bag shut by spring action and to retain the carrying cord so as to lock the bag.

2. In combination with a handba a frame, a carrying cord attached to said frame, devices attached to said frame, portions of said devices adapted to hold said frame closed by spring action and other portions of said devices adapted to interlock and provide an opening through which said handle may be passed to lock said bag.

3. In combination with a handbag, a frame, a carrying cord attached to said frame, portions of said frame adapted to hold the said bag closed by spring action 1,519,ee4c

and portions of said frame adapted to inter lock and provide an opening through which said handle may be passed to lock said bag.

4. In combination with a handbag, a frame, a carrying cord attached to said frame, a portion of said frame adapted to hold said bag shut by spring action and to retain the carrying cord when said cord is inserted therein.

5. A snap fastener for handbags and the like which comprises members adapted to be attached to each bag frame. jaw, one of which members is adapted to interlock with the other of. said members and to extend. through and beyond it to provide an opening through which a carrying cord may be inserted.

6. In combination with a frame for handbags, a snap fastener which comprises members adapted to be attached to each frame jaw, one of which members is adapted to interlock with the other of said members and to extendthrough and beyond it to provide an opening through which the carrying cord may be inserted.

7. In combination with a frame for handbags, a snap fastener which comprises members adapted to be attached to each frame jaw, one of which members is adapted to extend through and beyond the other to provide an opening through which the carrying cord may be inserted.

8. A bag frame which comprises two pivotally connected jaws, means for attaching a carrying cord, ears on each jaw, said ears being shaped so that one will interlock with the other of said ears and extend through and beyond it to provide an opening through which said carrying cord may be inserted.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

J ENS J OHANSEN. 

